Chapter 18

Eve and Linda jumped and looked toward the fence.

“Craig!” Eve exclaimed when she saw him standing on the other side of the wall with his arms crossed on the top. “What are you doing here?”

Before Craig could answer, Linda asked, “So, this is the famous Craig I keep hearing about?”

Craig perked up at this and grinned at Eve.

“So, you keep talking about me to your friends?” he asked with a wink.

Eve felt her face warm and glanced down at her food before looking back at Craig.

“I may have mentioned you a couple of times,” she told him with a smile.

“Good to hear,” he said, smiling back at her.

Linda cleared her throat and said, “From what Eve tells me, you were the one who introduced her to this restaurant.”

Craig nodded and looked at Linda, saying, “I did. It’s a favorite restaurant of mine, and I wanted to introduce her to it.”

“I’m glad you did,” Linda told him, grinning.

“Me, too,” he said, looking back at Eve.

Linda looked at Eve, then at Craig again, and asked, “